LEARNit Dictionary
crawl
verb
/krɔːl/
UK
/krɔːl/
US
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1
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to move forward on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground
چهار دست و پا رفتن, خزیدن, سینهخیز رفتن
2
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when an insect, a spider, etc.
crawls
, it moves forward on its legs
خزیدن
There's a spider crawling up your leg.
3
to move forward very slowly
خزیدن, سینهخیز رفتن, آهسته حرکت کردن, پیش رفتن به کندی, کند پیش رفتن
The traffic was crawling along.
The weeks crawled by.
4
to be too friendly or helpful to somebody in authority, in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get an advantage from them
چاپلوسی کردن, تملق گفتن
She's always crawling to the boss.
5
to search the internet in order to record and list data
کاوش کردن, جستجو کردن, خزش, پیمایش کردن, ایندکس کردن
A protocol controls which pages a web crawler will crawl.
noun
/krɔːl/
UK
/krɔːl/
US
1
a very slow speed
سرعت آهسته, حرکت کند, جنبش آرام, سرعت کم, پیشرفت آهسته
see also
pub crawl
2
a fast swimming stroke that you do lying on your front moving one arm over your head, and then the other, while kicking with your feet
شنای کرال, شنا به سبک کرال
a swimmer doing the crawl
He struck out across the pool in a powerful crawl.